ACE Preparatory Academy

ACE Preparatory Academy is one of the very small primary schools in Indianapolis, Indiana, run under ACE Preparatory Academy, with 131 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 70% smaller than the typical public school in Indiana, which averages around 436 students.

ACE Preparatory Academy is a school of ACE Preparatory Academy, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, ACE Preparatory Academy records that 79% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 11% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Marion County as a whole is about 27% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at ACE Preparatory Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Marion County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ACE Preparatory Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 15.6%, the actual is 25.9%, a residual of +10.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Marion County put median household earnings sit near $66,346, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ACE Preparatory Academy is one of 274 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 161,456 students).

The closest other public school is Rousseau McClellan School 91 - a Montessori School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ACE Preparatory Academy ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 53.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. ACE Preparatory Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 64%: 80 students in 2018 compared to 131 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 9% to 2% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.